Get Happy, Stay Young, Go Wild

Hopping on a plane and having a far-flung adventure is great, but if you don't want to have to wait for months between explorations, it's good to get out and about closer to home. Or, if you are reading this from elsewhere, and thinking about an Irish adventure, here's some tips from a local on how to get the most out of your tr...

Ireland finally got its long-awaited, and likely short-lived summer yesterday. We wilt fairly quickly in the heat of the midday sun - I burn up in about 20 minutes. And we'd been working straight through the weekends in an attempt to meet a launch date, so we really needed a break.

I've always been an advocate for unleashing the child within - collect shells, study flowers close up, splash in puddles and balance on curbs, it is attention to detail in the world around us that keeps us happy, and nourishing novelty that keeps us young.

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For the last fifteen years (in fact more or less since I became an adult) I've focussed on harnessing the joy of a childlike interest in the world.

Solo backpacking in my early twenties got me started. When I met my husband, also a traveller, we upscaled the adventure by going further off the beaten path, wild camping and hiking our way around this beautiful world.

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While pregnant, we kept the adventures up. It's surprising - you can do a lot more than people would have you think if you put your mind to it.

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Now that Esme has come along, we plan to keep wild camping, travelling off the beaten path, and general outdoor adventuring so that we don't lose our inner child, and we bestow on our child all there is to love about the wild world.